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An About Face: Diverse Representation in Games

Authors:

Cale J. Passmore,

Regan MandrykAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '18: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Pages 365 - 380

https://doi.org/10.1145/3242671.3242711

Published: 23 October 2018 Publication History

Abstract

A lack of racial-ethnic diversity in game characters and limited customization options render in-game self-representation by players of colour fraught. We present a mixed-methods study of what players from different race-ethnicities require to feel digitally represented by in-game characters. Although skin tone emerged as a predominant feature among players from all racial-ethnic groupings, there were significant group differences for more nuanced aspects of representation, including hair texture, style, and colour, facial physiognomy, body shape, personality, and eye colour and dimension. Situated within theories of how race is conveyed, we discuss how developers can support players of colour to feel represented by in-game characters while avoiding stereotyping, tokenism, prototypicality, and high-tech blackface. Our results reinforce player needs for self-representation and suggest that customization options must be more than skin deep.

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